From Pithole to Paradise: How the Wickedest Man in the World Found God

TitleFrom Pithole to Paradise: How the Wickedest Man in the World Found God
Year of Publication2012
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes277 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsYoung, John L.
PublisherWindy Knoll Books
CityRussell, PA
Keywordsattorneys; Ben Hogan (1841-1916); Ben Hogan's Floating Palace of Pleasure; boxing; gambling; hospitality industry; Irish Americans; Italian Americans; judges; mayors; oil industry; Pennsylvania oil rush; police; Protestants; riverboats; Roman Catholics; sex workers; Temperance Movement; William C. McCarthy (1820-1900)
Abstract

A biographical novel about Benedict "Ben" Hogan, a legendary outlaw during Western Pennsylvania’s oil rush.
Author Biography

John Young (1945- ), born in Altoona, Blair County, is a retired newspaper reporter who lives in Warren County.
Time

1860s-1910s

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